Authorities Identify 16-Year-Old Tiffany Bradley 26 Years After Chelsea Jane Doe Murder
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 7
Authorities Identify 16-Year-Old Tiffany Bradley 26 Years After Chelsea Jane Doe Murder
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 7
Summary
Advanced DNA testing and investigative genetic genealogy identified “Chelsea Jane Doe” as Tiffany Bradley, a 16-year-old from Allentown, Pennsylvania, nearly 26 years after her killing.
Bradley’s body was found mutilated in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on Nov. 13, 2000, about 315 miles from her hometown, after she had been trafficked across state lines, authorities said.
Eugene McCollom had already pleaded guilty to the murder and is serving a life sentence, making it a rare case in which investigators knew the killer long before the victim’s name.
Bradley’s family said the identification ended 26 years of uncertainty, while investigators said the breakthrough finally allowed them to notify relatives and publicly restore her identity.